Monday, September 28, 2009

Oh yeah, that's how you're supposed to close the deal. Going into this game, the Angels had had their troubles too, losing four straight including two of three from lowly Oakland. But now, the Angels can rest their regulars for the last six games of their season.

In all seriousness, congratulations to the Angels, AL West champions; considering everything that went through at the beginning of this season with the shocking death of Nick Adenhart and their (understandably) losing their way early on (they were 6-11 in late April), they showed a lot of guts by slowly working their way back into a winning ballclub.

Here's hoping they fare better against Boston in the postseason this year; they definitely have some ghosts to exorcise that won't be solved by an omnipresent rally monkey video.

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Damn, Sax, you went and got all adult and high road on us. In contrast to the MFPGT comments the last hour. I'm sorry I'm a child about this. Maybe I should just head for Sleepy Mountain and call it a new day tomorrow.

Hey, I love 6-4-2. Rob was always very supportive of us when we Sons started, and I've always appreciated his support, throughout our blog's history.

I have no problem with the Angels winning their division and hope they do well in the postseason. That said, I snipe at them too sometimes; you guys all know that I'm the last person to act like an adult. But on the day that they clinch, I can stand up and applaud.

Now back to your regularly scheduled rally monkey, waterfall-in-centerfield hijinks.

Latter part of this discussion brought up an interesting research project: Read 6-4-2. Noticed this passage in the meta area of the site:

"Friday, March 12, 2004ManifestoEvery blog must have a purpose, as a dog must have fleas. This one's is

* working as hard as possible at seeing Frank McCourt to the door. * getting as many belly laughs at his expense as possible in the meantime. * cheering on the Dodgers and Angels, the former despite whatever bankrupt stupidity the McCourts may inflict upon that team.

If I amuse, instruct, or edify in the process, well, so much the better."